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Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann 
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November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo. - 
    
    
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
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    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
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Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | GALLICO, (Elisha) | [A Commentary on Ecclesiastes], bvr spr qhlt  | 
            Venice | [1577] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 325.00 | 
| 52 | [MACHZOR]. A prayer book for the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur  | 
            Sulzbach | [c. 1756] | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 53 | [THE TORAH OR PENTATEUCH]. The Five Books of Moses  | 
            [Amsterdam] | [1797] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 275.00 | |
| 54 | MORPURGO, (Samson) | [The Tree of Knowledge], a philosophical commentary on Jedaiah Bedersi's Behinat ha-'Olam ("The Examination of the World")  | 
            Venice | [1704] | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 68.75 | 
| 55 | PAPPENHEIM, (Solomon) | [The Curtains of Solomon], Yeri'ot Shelomoh  | 
            Dyhernfurth | 1784 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | 
| 56 | [HEBREW BIBLE - PENTATEUCH]. The first Pentateuch produced for the Karaite community  | 
            Ortakoy [Turkey] | 1833-35 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 4,000.00 | |
| 57 | [COMMENTARY ON THE PENTATEUCH]. Mekor Hayyim  | 
            Mantua | 1559 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 300.00 | |
| 58 | [MIDRASH RABBAH]  | 
            Sulzbach | [1755] | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 59 | GERSONIDES/RALBAG. [Levi ben Gershon]. Perush al ha-Torah [philosophical commentary on the Pentateuch]  | 
            Venice | 1547 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,062.50 | |
| 60 | [SIFRA]. A Midrash halakha on Leviticus  | 
            Venice | 1545 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 812.50 | |
| 61 | SABA, (Abraham) | byvr 'l htvrh [Commentary on the Torah], Tzror HaMor  | 
            Venice | 1546 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 687.50 | 
| 62 | ABOAB, (Isaac) | Menorat HaMaor [The Lamp of Illumination], a collection of midrashic sermons  | 
            Sulzbach | 1738-39 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | 
| 63 | KARO, (Joseph) | Maginei Eretz [Shields of the Earth]  | 
            Amsterdam | 1732 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 60.00 | 
| 64 | LEVI YITZCHOK OF BERDITCHEV  | 
            Salonika [Thessaloniki] | c. 1800 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 93.75 | |
| 65 | FALK, (Jacob Joshua) | Pnei Yehoshua  | 
            Furth | 1824 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 32.50 | 
| 66 | Talmud Bavli | [BABYLONIAN TALMUD]. Massechet Erachin  | 
            Basel | 1580 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 812.50 | 
| 67 | TEHILLIM [PSALMS] | Sefer Tehillim with the commentary of David Kimhi/Kimchi/Qimhi or RaDaK  | 
            [Isny] | [1542] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 425.00 | 
| 68 | TIKUNEI ZOHAR  | 
            Livorno | 1796 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 131.25 | |
| 69 | The Leningrad Codex: A Facsimile Edition  | 
            Michigan & Cambridge | 1998 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 106.25 | |
| 70 | LANDAU, (Yechezkel) | Tzion le-Nefesh Chayah - Brachot  | 
            Jozefow | 1855-56 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 168.75 | 
| 71 | EYBESCHUTZ, (Jonathan) | Ya'arot Devash  | 
            Sulzbach | 1799 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 35.00 | 
| 72 | [PENTATEUCH]. Chamisha Chumshei Torah  | 
            Amsterdam | 1768 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 175.00 | |
| 73 | MACHZOR  | 
            Vienna | 1825 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 35.00 | |
| 74 | JACOBI, (Friedrich Heinrich) | [PANTHEISM CONTROVERSY]. Ueber die Lehre des Spinoza in Briefen an den Herrn Moses Mendelssohn [On the Teachings of Spinoza in Letters to Moses Mendelssohn]  | 
            Breslau | 1785 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | 
| 75 | [SCHILLER]. Die Philosophischen Briefe von Schiller [The Philosophical Letters of Schiller]  | 
            Lemberg | 1851 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 50.00 |